Re: Redifine shortkeys?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Mathias Dahl wrote:
> I agree not messing with this but if he want to go there, here's a
> start:
>
> For saving:
>
> (global-set-key (kbd "C-s") 'save-buffer)
>
> For searching:
>
> (global-set-key (kbd "C-f") 'isearch-forward)
>
> A problem with the latter is that the bindings that work "inside"
> isearch still is the same and are more cumbersome to set (it is
> possible though).

(define-key isearch-mode-map (kbd "C-f") 'isearch-repeat-forward)

> Many years ago I rebound stuff in Emacs. That was a bad idea. I could
> recommend binding commonly used commands to the Fx keys and to use
> other unbound keys, but in most cases I avoid rebinding Emacs' stanard
> keys as there is often a logic behind them that gets more useful the
> more you use Emacs.

Agreed!  But there's always an exception that proves the rule:

(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-q") 'toggle-read-only) ; vc-toggle-read-only
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x v q") 'vc-toggle-read-only)

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Kevin Rodgers